De Amerikaanse midtermverkiezingen toonden een sterke weerstand tegen AI-infrastructuurprojecten, waaronder datacenters. Dit suggereert dat het argument om de binnenlandse uitbouw te gebruiken als competitief antwoord op China, niet overtuigde Amerikaanse kiezers. Lokale zorgen moeten worden aangepakt om de steun te winnen.
Strong voter backlash in the US midterm elections against AI infrastructure projects, including data centres, indicates that framing the domestic buildout as key to competing with China failed to convince Americans and underscores the need to address local concerns, according to analysts. βThe argument that we need to build more data centres to win in AI against China no longer seems to have the kind of resonance it did before, if it ever did, frankly,β said Kyle Chan, a fellow at the Brookings...